Fareed Ayaz
Fareed Ayaz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fariduddin Ayaz Al-Hussaini November 13, 1952 Hyderabad, India |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Occupation | Qawwal |
| Known for | |
| Awards | Pride of Performance Award by the President of Pakistan in 2006 |
Ghulam Fariduddin Ayaz Al-Hussaini Qawwal (born in Hyderabad, India) is a Pakistani Sufi devotional singer. He belongs to the Qawwal Bacchon gharana of Delhi.
He and his relatives are the flag-bearers of that school of music (gharana), which is also known by the name of the city as the Delhi gharana. He performs various genres of Hindustani classical music such as dhrupad, khayal, tarana, thumri, and dadra. Ayaz leads the qawwal party with his younger brother, Abu Muhammad Qawwal.
Fareed Ayaz is a descendant of Mir Qutub Bakhsh, who was awarded the title of Tanras Khan by the last Mughal Emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar in the 19th century. Tanras Khan was also the tutor in music and court musician of this emperor.